[5959] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Making duplex via LPROPT the default for new accounts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Oliver Thomas)
Tue Apr 15 17:52:31 2008
From: Oliver Thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
To: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:51:48 -0400
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Thanks Garry. Jon Reed just suggested that we could add a .environment
file with appropriate comments for folks who want to turn off the new
default into prototype_user. Should I work with him to test this and
then submit it to release-team? Does anyone not on release-team want
to stay in the loop?
Oliver
On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Garry Zacheiss wrote:
>>> We'd only want duplex to be the default for newly registered
>>> accounts
>>> (i.e. no change to the behavior of existing accounts/users that
>>> source
>>> the global dotfiles). It was my impression that /usr/athena/lib/
>>> init/
>>> cshrc got sourced by every existing account that wasn't explicitly
>>> configured not to. Am I misremembering that?
>
> No, you're right; in that case, the changes should be made to the
> /usr/prototype_user/ files in the release, and once that's done, I can
> pick up new copies and put them on moira.
>
> Garry
>
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